Jonathan Brisby made possible the rats' escape from the terrible cruelty of NIMH.
15 seconds sound clip from the The Secret of NIMH (1982) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:49:57.859 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- How is it that everyone knows Jonathan?
- He was a great friend to the rats of NIMH. He himself came from NIMH.
- There is a book there. Read the words.
- I can read a little. Jonathan taught me. The children are better at it than I am.
- Read.
- Jonathan Brisby made possible the rats' escape from the terrible cruelty of NIMH.
- Jonathan? He was killed today while drugging the farmer's cat, Dragon.
- Oh, I never knew just what happened.
- Why did he never tell me about any of you? Why?
- To answer that, I must tell you about NIMH and our plan.
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